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We hope you find the contents of this site helpful, thought-provoking, inspirational as well as reassuring. The Music DP course is never static, but constantly evolving organically, meeting the changing...
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This page is a basic guide to help you find your way around the student side of the site. There are various approaches one may use to find the enormous amount of information included on these pages. One...
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The IB promotes education in one's mother tongue, and therefore if English is NOT your first language and you would like to view the materials here in your vernacular or another language in which you...
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Navigating the Site Free
This page is a basic guide to help you find your way around the site. There are various approaches one may use to find the enormous amount of information included on these pages. One may be looking for...
Essentials for Teachers
Student Access
An important feature of this site is the ability to give students access to the materials available on this site. This includes a range of activities including critical listening, sample writing activities,...
Assessment in Practice
Subject Reports - May 2026
After each assessment period, the IB produce reports for many of the subjects, including music. The reports are essential documents in which educators can gain insight into common problems and areas that...
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Resources and References
This tab includes a list of tools, references, sites, and more to help nurture your practice of IBDP Music. This chapter contains a number of different pages that we believe could offer you assistance...
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Supportive Sites for Teaching/Learning
This page contains a number of supportive sites that you may find useful in your Music DP Practice. These are a collection of sites music teachers have used based on discussions from workshops and collaborations....
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Developing Music Theory / Notation Skills
It is essential that students have the ability to develop their theoretical skills, as many of the required components rely on the need to be able to analyse effectively. Further, it is necessary for...
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Readings / Scholarly Articles / Referencing
Throughout our careers as music educators, we've come across several authors whose writing about the arts in general and music specifically has significantly influenced our practice of music education,...